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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 2006
Page
1
Seven year old Sean Vanden Berg, born with one damaged kidney and one non functioning kidney, received a kidney from his father Mark Vanden Berg in July 2003. The family, including mother Laurie and two sons, joins about 7 000 others in celebrating the gift this Father's Day.
Sean received his organ transplant joins 28 athletes and 50 supporters forming Team Iowa in Louisville Ky for a four day event. The U S Transplant Games expect about 7000 attendees including 1280 athletes with living donors such as Vanden Berg honored for their gift.
Iowa relies on public landfills for most municipal waste with 54 of 59 facilities run by public entities. Only five are private, about 8 percent of landfill waste. neighboring states vary from 21 to 84 percent private facilities.
Driver laments insufficient blue Avenue of the Saints signs on the route from Cedar Rapids to Charles City. Despite IDOT touting Great Saints Weekend Adventure, many travelers cannot locate the route and lack familiarity, even with Highway 27 clearly marked.
Veterans say the Avenue of the Saints now runs four lanes through Iowa with interchanges on I 380 and I 35. Truckers like Bill Wynne recall the growth from a two week Boston to San Francisco trip to four or five days.
Cedar Rapids City Council spent two days interviewing five finalists for the city’s first manager. After a five hour session, Ronald Olson of Arlington Texas called the experience grueling and urged the council to pursue meaningful organizational changes. The council will decide by noon Tuesday.
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